EU PROGRES in Last updated оn 31 March 2014

BASIC INFO ABOUT MUNICIPALITY

Population: 18,542 people * Interesting facts about Bujanovac Geographic area: 461 km2 Average salary: 35,776 RSD Bujanovac is famous for its mineral water springs and Bujanovac Spa. Unemployed: 4,583 people Municipal Budget: 971.800.000 RSD *Data as per the 2011 census It was one of the three municipalities in that Please note that the Albanian population did not participate in the 2011 census - 43,302 as per 2002 census received funding for recertification in the NALED

Municipality of Bujanovac Investment Friendly Municipality programme. 115 Karađorđa Petrovića st 17520 Bujanovac +381 (0)17 651 013 The Pan-European Corridor 10, connecting Austria www.bujanovac.rs and Greece via Serbia, runs through the municipality, which enables the development of the local economy EU PROGRES IN BUJANOVAC in Bujanovac.

9 Projects "EU PROGRES significantly Number of projects approved supports local economic development by linking projects 1 Inter-municipal project with activities implemented with Number of projects approved support of other donors, thus ensuring sustainability." Nagip Arifi 157,028 Euros Mayor of Bujanovac Total value of approved projects

Programme funded by EU Implementing partner RECENT SUCCESS Friendship without Prejudice Multi cultural exchange of pupils from elementary schools “Branko Radičević“ and “Naim Frasheri“ in Bujanovac enabled 380 children of Serbian, Albanian and Roma nationality from the first to fourth grade to get new experiences about life and education of other national comunities. As part of the “Multi-culti exchange” project, 40 Serbian and Roma kids had visited Albanian school during three months, while the same number of Albanian boys and girls went to Serbian school.

“The pupils passed their knowledge about diversities of other nationalities and religions to their school friends, to break prejudices and stereotypes. Strengthening of multiculturality leads toward the harmonization of the coexistence of the two most prevalent ethnic and cultural groups, Serbian and Albanian in Bujanovac,” said Jasmina Arsić, the president of the Steering Committee of the Center for the tolerance and integration of the South Serbia, which implemented this project.

LIST OF EU PROGRES PROJECTS IN BUJANOVAC

Good Governance Municipal Co-funding EU PROGRES funds Status

Multi-Cultural Exchange of Children Eighty Albanian and Serbian children, from the first to the fourth grades of elementary schools, went on exchange to each other 934 Euros 9,277 Euros schools which helped them learn about different cultures and Completed contributed to improvement of multi-ethnic tolerance.

Playing Basketball for Improved tolerance Around 50 Albanian and Serbian children went to the basketball school where they learned about tolerance by practising sport. The 4,992 Euros 9,749 Euros multi-ethnic team participated in the Basketball Association of Completed Serbia (BAS) league matches and tournaments.

Building Capacities of Women Councillors This project supported work of local Gender Equality Mechanism and 1,206 Euros 1,998 Euros contributed to the building capacities of women councillors through Completed trainings and development of Gender Equality Local Action Plan.

Municipal Management and Development Planning Municipal Co-funding EU PROGRES funds Status

Plan for identification of water source sanitary protection zones and belts for the water supply The plan was prepared and adopted and enabled preparation of the technical designs for the water well project. Based on the plan, the 9,690 Euros 19,558 Euros municipality prepared the full project proposal and received funding Completed from EU PROGRES to construct the well. The project improved the water supply for 17,000 people.

Support to the Local Tax Administration As a result of the update of the Local Tax Administration database there were 2,250 new tax returns, i.e. increase of taxpayers by 110%. In comparison to 2010, the revenue from the property tax increased 1,063 Euros 7,290 Euros Completed by three million RSD in 2012. Four people were employed, for three months, to work on the collection of data. LIST OF EU PROGRES PROJECTS IN BUJANOVAC

Municipal Management and Development Planning Municipal Co-funding EU PROGRES funds Status

Quality Management System and Environment Management System These standards lead to faster, more efficient and better quality services for the citizens, setting clear competencies and - 6,170 Euros responsibilities for the employees in local self-governments, and the Completed process has reduced the costs of administration and brought about more transparent governance and shorten procedures.

Infrastructure Municipal Co-funding EU PROGRES funds Status

Technical documentation for the Transfer Station for the waste disposal Development of the main design for the Transfer Station for the waste disposal provided technical conditions for the construction of the 2,566 Euros 21,600 Euros Station. The project is part of the Regional Waste Management Plan of Completed the Pčinja District and its realization leads to improvement of waste management on the territory of Bujanovac and the entire District.

Construction of a water well The construction of water well enabled provision of quality and stable 3,640 Euros 37,150 Euros supply of drinking water for some 17,000 people in Bujanovac. Completed

Procurement of effluent metres Two effluent metres were provided to Bujanovac municipality (one for the town and the other for village) and installed on manholes constructed by the municipality, as measurements of waste - 7,420 Euros Completed waters. This enabled the protection of environment and improved protection of water resources for about 20,000 people.

Total for all projects 24,091 Euros 120,212 Euros

Inter-municipal projects Municipal Co-funding EU PROGRES funds Status

Improvement of the fruit production in the Pčinja District The provision of 202,247 seedlings of cherry, apple and plum to fruit producers in seven municipalities of the District, the construction of the experimental orchard in Vladičin Han and organization of the - 257,715 Euros trainings for producers. Besides Bujanovac, this project included Completed municipalities of Vladičin Han, , Trgovište, , Preševo and .

Total for all inter-municipal projects - 257,715 Euros

Office in Office in Office in Vranje Kragujevačka 1, 36300 Novi Pazar Timočka 4, 18400 Prokuplje Kneza Miloša 52, 17500 Vranje Tel: +381 (0)20 337 300, 337 301 Tel: +381 (0)27 333 125, 32 99 72 Tel: +381 (0)17 40 55 44, 40 55 45 Fax: +381 (0)20 411 032 Fax: +381 (0)27 32 99 73 Fax: +381 (0)17 40 55 46